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ATLANTA<\/span> – <\/span><\/strong>A suburban school board that put stickers in high school science books saying evolution is “a theory, not a fact” abandoned its legal battle<\/a> to keep them Tuesday after four years.<\/p>\n

The Cobb County board agreed in federal court never to use a similar sticker or to undermine the teaching of evolution in science classes.<\/p>\n

In return, the parents who sued over the stickers agreed to drop all legal action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA – A suburban school board that put stickers in high school science books saying evolution is “a theory, not a fact” abandoned its legal battle to keep them Tuesday after four years. 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